self-help

Meaning

1. noun The practice of bettering oneself without relying on the assistance of others.

   a self-help book

2. noun An act of redressing or preventing a wrong by one's own actions rather than through legal proceedings.

   self-help repossession

Similar words

self-reliant self-reliance self-supporting self-support self-sustaining self-sufficiency stand-alone self-contained self-governing self

Word family

self-helps